Husky Q2 Earnings Fall 12%

Husky Energy Inc., a Canadian oil company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said second-quarter earnings declined 12 percent.

Net income fell to C$263 million ($166 million), or 64 cents a share, from C$299 million, or 73 cents, a year earlier. Revenue fell 4.2 percent to C$1.66 billion from C$1.73 billion, the company said in a statement issued by Canada Newswire.

Shares of Calgary-based Husky rose 42 cents to C$15.50 in Toronto yesterday. Li holds about two-thirds of the company's stock through Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and family holdings.

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